I Made A Serger Cover

    I needed a nice cloth cover for my serger. The serger came with one of those plastic covers but I don't like plastic on plastic.  I wanted to have something so I wouldn't have to unthread the machine or take off the overhead thread guide.  So I designed my own take on a very simple serger cover.

   The front

The back

     I sewed this up in about 3 hours.  It was easy to make and I loved that I got just exactly what I needed.  Here's how I did it.  I took a rectangle of fabric about 20" x WOF and hemmed up the two long sides and one short side.  The unhemmed short side would be the back.  I cut a slit up the back for the thread guide rod to slide in.   I hemmed up the slit to the curved U part at the top and covered that portion with binding, it's not pretty, but it works.  I fit the cover on the machine and hemmed the last side so it wasn't too long.  Then I made six ties (they took the longest to make because I only cut the fabric 1 1/4" wide and they were fiddly to get folded and sewn up, but they look great because they are so thin).  The ties are a little two long, but I didn't want to take the time to make the perfect length so I left them at WOF and just cut the selvedges off.  The sides and the back are secured with the ties.  I love the cover.  It's pretty and functional.

String Block Quilt No. 2 In Progress

     I've spent a few hours in the last week making string blocks for a new scrappy quilt top for me since I gave the first scrappy string block quilt away to dear daughter.  I need 49 blocks for the top and 7 blocks to use on the back.  I have 20 done.

 
     

      As usual, I'm still trying to decide on a backing/binding fabric, but I'm working on it.  I'm hoping I run into a good sale while I'm looking at options.

     After I finish this quilt top, I will treat myself and start my half square triangle top that I bought this fabric for:

     I also spent some more time using up 100% cotton yarn I found in my stash.  I use this to make dishcloths.  I had a bunch of white and a little bit of orange and yellow so I had some fun.

   I placed an order for cotton yarn from KnitPicks.com this week.  I ordered four skeins of their Dishie cotton yarn in a beautiful light green colorway called Honeydew.  It should make some pretty dishcloths.

 

Found Some Left Over Varigated Cotton Yarn

      I made a market bag with this yarn a few months back (post link) and I had a lot of it left over so I decided to crochet up a few dishcloths for dear daughter's yard sale this weekend.  I had enough yarn to make 6 dishcloths.  I packed up two packs of two for the sale and I'm giving two to dear daughter.  I usually make dishcloths with a traditional granny square for myself, but I recently found  this pattern which is a solid granny square and it makes a much better dishcloth.  The pattern calls for lots of colors but I just used the same yarn for each round.  I also used a larger size hook and four rounds were enough to make the dishcloth the size of my hand.  

Cloth Napkins Made With Christmas Fabrics

   I finished a set of 8 cloth napkins made with Christmas fabrics.  I will share these with my daughter and we will each get a set of four, all different.  These are easy and fun to make.

Colorful Cloth Napkins Made From Fat Quarters

   I think fat quarters are the perfect size to make cloth napkins and these were a lot of fun to make.  I'm giving this set of napkins to DD for her new home.

   I finished another secret sewing project today and now all the secret projects are finished.  I can get moving on my chevron and pinwheel quilt tops.